In recent weeks, many institutions have been making forecasts on the impact of the healthcare crisis on the growth of the Spanish Economics in 2020. The Federation of Savings Banks FUNCAS, estimates a fall in GDP of 8%; the Central Bank of Spain, a fall of 13.6%; the IMF (International Monetary Fund), 8%; and the agency grade Moodys, 8%. And what are the forecasts of the students of Economics of Tecnun?

During the last few weeks they have been paying attention to the news, they have learned what GDP is and the different methods of calculation that exist. Each of the groups has used different mathematical models to obtain a forecast. The base model proposed by the teacher was based on the aggregate of economic activities, considering the most relevant ones: tourism (15% GDP), construction (14%), Health (12%), Commerce (12%), Financial Services (8%), Agriculture (5%), Automotive (5%), etc.

They have not only taken into account the level of activity in each of these sectors over the coming months. They have also incorporated microeconomic aspects of great relevance and forgotten in some studies, such as the behavior of individuals -who will lose income available and cash-flow- and companies.

No matter how many bars or stores open their doors, if individuals are not encouraged to go out and consume, the Economics will not take off. No matter how much easy money the banks make available to entrepreneurs and individuals, if the mood is not optimistic, there will be no investment. What is clear is that the government and local institutions will activate Economics to the extent of their possibilities limited by the public deficit and debt.

The 227 students from Tecnun have worked hard for several days to try to obtain a value that fits the real value, which will not be known until the end of the year. Many have enjoyed themselves and have felt like real economists performing calculations that until a few days ago were imagined to be very complicated.

The range of values presented by the students varied from a drop of 3% to a drop of 23%. Leaving aside the extremes, the average value according to the students of Economics of Tecnun will be a drop of 11.26%, a value very close to that calculated by Professor Mikel Arcelus, which stands at 14.18% for the whole of the Spanish Economics .

After this exercise, from now on some students will surely continue to make their estimates and, above all, most of them will know better where the figures that we hear so much about in the media come from.

Finally, it should be noted that the group of students who get the forecast right will receive a award at the end of the year.